Chapter 196 Survival

(Thanks to Mo Yankai for the reward, and the monthly tickets and comments of several brothers, save the manuscript today, and it will break out tomorrow) Can I borrow something on me?

Cao Ren's heart suddenly cooled down. There was no doubt that what Liu Feng wanted to borrow from him was naturally the head of his head.

For a moment, Cao Ren felt sad and sad.

Throughout the ages, how have you been afraid of the dead? Although Cao Ren is generous and looks like death, in his subconscious, the fear of death is an innate instinct.

I thought that although he was captured, Liu Feng was afraid of Cao's momentum. Even if he did not intend to let him go, he would not dare to do anything to himself.

But now, this boy not only doesn't pay attention to Liu Bei, but also regards Cao, who has changed the color of heroes all over the world, as if he has nothing. He really wants to take his own surname.

In addition to Cao Ren's surprise, he felt a deep fear in his heart.

However, as the first general of the Cao family, his lofty and special status determines that anyone can bow under the threat of death, but only his surnamed Cao can't.

At present, Liu Feng is ready to kill him. Cao Ren had to suppress his fear in his heart. He held his head high and snorted coldly, disdainfully said, "If you want to kill him, you need to say more."

It turned out that he thought I was going to kill him, hehe.

"General Cao is indeed a man. Liu admires him. Well, then I'm not polite."

Liu Feng sneered, turned around and strode out of the room. With a wave of his hand, several tall soldiers who had been waiting outside for a long time came out.

Liu Feng did not look back. He just stood under the steps with his hands behind his back. After a while, he heard a pig-killing howl from the back room.

"Cao Ren, Cao Ren, you were not in my plan. Who made you greedy? It's all your fault. Don't blame me for being cruel."

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Feng saw Pang Tong rushing across the river from the south bank in the newly established camp outside Jiangling City.

"Congratulations, Lord, it's really a surprise that you captured Cao Zixiao, the first general of the Cao family, alive."

Pang Tong's joy is self-evident. Cao Ren intervened in the battle of Jingzhou and sent troops to attack Jiangling outside his accident. He designed a night attack on Cao's army for Liu Feng. The original purpose was only to force Cao's army to relieve the difficulties of Jiangling, and Liu Feng's ability to capture Cao Ren alive was indeed an unexpected surprise.

"Sir also said that this is just a surprise. In fact, when attacking that night, if Cao Ren had left early, I'm afraid he would have fled back to Xiangyang in embarrassment. Unfortunately, this person underestimated me too much. In Liu Feng's modesty, he was a little proud.

Pang Tong laughed and said, "The lord can fly to the sky. To a large extent, he can rely on being dormant in the wild, so that the princes do not know the strength of the lord. Now the lord has killed Guan Yu and captured Cao Ren, which can be said to be famous. In the future, it will be difficult to deceive the world as a weak."

Liu Feng smiled faintly: "Sir has long said that the weak have a way of survival, and the strong have the attitude of the strong. There is no need to worry about the future."

Pang Tong nodded slightly and was gratified by Liu Feng's self-confidence. Suddenly, he suddenly thought of something.

"Lord, Cao Ren is a treasure. It's not good to make good use of it. How can you be worthy of this gift? I don't know if the Lord has any ideas?" There is a mystery in Pang Tong's words.

Liu Feng smiled secretly and consected his plan.

Pang Tong smiled. Obviously, Liu Feng's plan was right in his heart, so he said, "The key to this plan is time. Now that the lord has made a decision, I think it should be implemented immediately."

Liu Zhilu said confidently, "This time we defeated Cao Ren and captured more than 700 horses. In addition, Guan Yu left us in Jiangling City, we can gather at least more than 1,000 horses. I have already ordered the mobilization of all available war horses, and once completed, I will act immediately.

Liu Feng's decision made Pang Tong more gratified. He exhaled a long breath and said, "There are many variables in the world. If it hadn't been for the luck of Cao Yan in those years, how could he become the hegemon of the north. Now it seems that this luck seems to have begun to change the court, hehe--"

............Yizhou, Ba County, Jiangzhou City.

Since Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other last year, since Baishuiguan sent troops south, it has been like a broken bamboo.

Liu Zhang first sent Liu Yu, Leng Ba, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, Wu Yi and other generals to lead the army to the north to resist Liu Bei, all of whom were defeated by Liu Bei's army. Later, he ordered Li Yan and Fei Guandu to lead Mianzhu's troops to fight with Liu Bei. As a result, Li Yan, Fei Guan, Wu Yi and others all led the army to surrender to Liu Bei.

In this summer, Liu Bei's army surrounded the last barrier to the north of Chengdu, but here, Liu Bei was tenaciously resisted by Zhang Ren, a famous general in Shu, and he was unable to attack the city for half a year.

Yizhou originally has more than ten counties such as Shu County, Ba County, Brazil, Badong, Guanghan, Zixu, Jiangyang and so on. At this time, although Liu Bei has won a series of victories all the way, it is based in the land, but Yizhou's county bordering Hanzhong in the north of Yizhou is only more than 100 miles away from Chengdu, but most of the counties in Yizhou are still in Liu Zhang is in his hands.

Lucheng can't be attacked for a long time. If it is delayed for a long time, the final situation will only be unfavorable to Liu Bei. Therefore, under Xu Shu's suggestion, Liu Bei had to order Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun to lead his troops into Shu, attack Badong, Ba County, Jiangyang and other counties to the west, open up the direct contact between Liu Bei's main force and Jingzhou, and besiege Chengdu from the north and east. .

After Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun led their troops into Shu, they marched smoothly all the way. They captured Badong County, which was connected with Jingzhou, without any effort, and then tens of thousands of troops advanced to Jiangxi and surrounded Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County.

In Jiangzhou, Zhuge Liang's East Route Army was stubbornly resisted by Yan Yan, the governor of Ba County, and the army besieged the city for several months.

At this time, in the account of the Chinese army, Zhuge Liang was talking with Zhao Yun and other generals on a strategy to break through Jiangzhou. Just in the middle of the meeting, the soldiers presented a 100,000 urgent information from Jingzhou.

When Zhuge Liang unfolded the silk book, it had always been light, like the face of an idle cloud, and he couldn't help but be shocked at this moment.

Mr. Wolong, since he came out of the mountain, even in times of crisis, has been calm and fearless in the face of danger. The left and right generals have never seen his expression. Everyone's hearts were immediately covered with a layer of shadow, guessing that something must have happened to Jingzhou.

"Gentlemen, Liu Feng raided Nanjun, and the public security and Jiangling have fallen."

Zhuge Liang announced the generals that the sky had collapsed in a solemn tone, and everyone's faces were immediately occupied by panic.

"Military division, Jiangling City and public security are both strong cities. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and Yun Chang himself. How can they fall so easily?" Zhao Yun was the first to recover from the shock and asked suspiciously.

"You can see for yourselves."

Zhuge Liang showed the silk book to the generals. After the people gathered around and read it, they suddenly realized.

Zhuge Liang sighed softly: "Before I left, I had already told Yun Chang that no matter what happened, he should not go to Jiangling without authorization. As a result, he was still hit by other people's plan to get the tiger out of the mountain. It was really a mistake, and he lost the whole game."

Zhuge Liang's tone contained endless regrets, and all the generals sighed.

Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Jingzhou is the foundation of our army. If it falls, the consequences will be unimaginable. Military division, should we return to the army immediately?"

Zhuge Liang got up and paced a few steps, shook the feather fan and said, "As soon as Nanjun fell, all the family of our army fell into the hands of Liu Feng. If he led the army back to the east, Liu Feng only needed to use these family as hostages and use some means, and our army would collapse without fighting."

This man, one of whom stood up and said, "Although the military division is worried, don't forget that the civil and military officials, including the military division, their families and soldiers are all in Jingzhou. Moreover, these people have industrial interests in Jingzhou. How can they easily abandon them? If all the officials ask to take back Jingzhou, not to mention the military division, even the lord can't stop them.

The man who said that he was engaged in Jiang Wan.

Zhuge Liang didn't know Jiang Wan's concerns.

Liu Bei's team is basically dominated by Jing Xiang's scholars. After learning that his family fell into Liu Feng's hands, he inevitably felt pain and anxiety, not to mention other Jingzhou scholars.

If Yizhou has been captured now, and the officials have a place to take root, then this matter is easier to deal with, but Liu Feng is smart and tight, but he chose to launch a raid at this juncture. If this matter cannot be dealt with correctly, not to mention the loss of attacking Yizhou, the whole thing is sandwiched between Jingzhou and Yizhou, advancing and retreating. The dilemma of Liu Bei Group may collapse due to the fall of Jingzhou.

After Jiang Wan's dialect, Zhao Yun said again, "Even if there is no hope to save Jingzhou, Yun Chang and the lord are like brothers, and now they are in a difficult situation. If we don't send troops to rescue him, who can afford it if the lord is guilty."

At the moment of life and death, when Liu Bei, who was far away in Lucheng, failed to receive information and give instructions in time, Zhuge Liang, the commander of the partial division, was bound to make a difference at this critical moment.

Zhuge Liang stood in front of the large map of Shu in the screen, staring at it for a long time, and his eyes gradually showed his determination.

At the moment, he made a new deployment.

Strictly seal the news, take advantage of the inconvenience of traffic in Shuzhong, try to delay the spread of the news of the fall of Jingzhou, and prevent the military's heart from shaking.

Change the strategy of the whole army to go back to Jiangxi. Zhao Yun's army went north to seize the two counties of Dongguanghan and Brazil as soon as possible, so that the West Road Division is connected with Liu Bei's main force, and formed a controllable territory in Jingzhou and Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang led his army to continue to attack Jiangzhou, complete the siege strategy of Chengdu as soon as possible, and try to seize Yizhou before the news of the fall of Jingzhou affects the will to fight.

As for Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang believes that if Guan Yu is unfavorable, he will lead the army to retreat from Nanjun to Yidu. Yidu Taishou Mengda has 3,000 elite soldiers in his hand, and he will rescue Guan Yu in the east. Liu Feng will control a large area of Jingzhou in a short time. There are not many mobile forces available. If Meng Da takes action, he will be able to save Guan Yu back to Yidu.

In order to prevent something unexpected, Zhuge Liang ordered Jiang Wan to lead 3,000 troops and Zhuge Liang's hand to return to Yidu. On the one hand, he urged Meng Da to send troops to save Guan Yu, and on the other hand, he helped to defend Yidu.

Zhuge Liang believes that as long as he defends Yidu, an important area connecting the two states, and waits for the stability of Yizhou in the future, Liu Bei will lead a large army to follow the east of the river and seize Jingzhou, Liu Feng will have no danger to defend. The fall of Jingzhou is only temporary, and sooner or later he will return to Liu Bei's hands.

(to be continued)